What’s the best looking 4 door saloon car ever?

[Pothole]

mrpenks said:

I always thought Saab’s swan song was a nice looker. Never driven one so don’t care about how it drives, just how it looks

It'll drive like an Insignia, surely?

[anonymous-user]

BasicEnglish said:

After all this time still head and shoulders above the rest.

[T-195]

Pothole said:

mrpenks said:

I always thought Saab’s swan song was a nice looker. Never driven one so don’t care about how it drives, just how it looks

Cn
It'll drive like an Insignia, surely?

Chap near has one and a 9-5 Estate. Must get a pic.

[Jaguar steve]

Raygun said:

BasicEnglish said:

After all this time still head and shoulders above the rest.

Not going to disagree with you...

[PotHoleHater]

[cayman-black]

parabolica said:

Nerdherder said:

Missing from this thread so far: The 105/115 Giulia saloon.

That. Is. Gorgeous!

It sure is.

[Ares]

cayman-black said:

Ares said:

Perhaps a little biased, but for the modern era....

Apart from some of the exotica on here ,this is a modern classic imo. beautifully balanced car.

My thoughts entirely.

Manages the fine line between beauty and aggression whilst still being stand-out from the rest of the range,

[Ares]

Max_Torque said:

Honorable second place must be the E46 CSL, not just good looking (imo) but a car that looks absolutely "fit for purpose" as well, again a trick that some more modern stuff spectacularly fails to pull off:

Definite contender ..... IF IT WAS A 4 DOOR SALOON !!!!

[Dave55STR]

The Jaguar STR in my opinion

[Kewy]

In the spirit of these threads always becoming a 'here's a picture of my car', and given that I've only seen one other Honda posted.

Here's a picture of my car / Honda / 4 door saloon



The best reason to get out of bed early on a Sunday. by Sam Kew, on Flickr

[Wolf13]

Only one winner chaps. The only one her ladyship would approve of.........

[Le Controleur Horizontal]

Wolf13 said:

Only one winner chaps. The only one her ladyship would approve of.........

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2 door Coupe = fail, sorry.

Now this is another matter...

Edited by Le Controleur Horizontal on Tuesday 23 April 16:37

[swisstoni]

glazbagun said:

What was this style of saloon called? From my childhood classic car mags I think it was Italian inspired, but we seem to have gone mad for it in this country for a period.

The Vauxhall is very much a 40watt version of American cars of the time.
It is also visible in the Triumph.

[Le Controleur Horizontal]

swisstoni said:

The Vauxhall is very much a 40watt version of American cars of the time.

and benefits from it with a "delicacy" not found on the bloated Yank.

[RandomCar]

From someone that’s a little biased against the look of most older cars and has just turned 30, that E36 in purple M5 form and the lotus Carlton are winners for me in the timeless looks category. Also that older S8 from page 1. But that’s just IMHO

[swisstoni]

Le Controleur Horizontal said:

swisstoni said:

The Vauxhall is very much a 40watt version of American cars of the time.

and benefits from it with a "delicacy" not found on the bloated Yank.

I didn’t mean that to come over as derogatory as it may have seemed. It’s a really nice design given the constraints.
People were thirsting for a bit of post-war glamour and designs like this delivered some.

[Le Controleur Horizontal]

swisstoni said:

I didn’t mean that to come over as derogatory as it may have seemed.

I did not think you did....

[Blaxlinde]

I'm loving this thread, mostly as I'm three pages in and apart from things like the Fisker I've owned many of these cars #Vindicated,

Three of the Jags, X308, MK2 & XJ6
Two of the Alfa's,
A heap of Cortinas
& I even had the Maserati Quattroporte ordered (sadly the order fell through).

But seriously people surely those "Beamers" are a bit bland, the Cortinas at least have some retro cool about them.

[LuS1fer]

glazbagun said:

What was this style of saloon called? From my childhood classic car mags I think it was Italian inspired, but we seem to have gone mad for it in this country for a period.

The Victor FA.

The Herald is two doors short of a four door saloon.

[simonpark]

Two votes for the Maser QPV1, one for the QPV. Make that two-all.